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The Atomic Cafe

Name: The Atomic Cafe
Director: Jayne Loader
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 1982-03-17
Cast: Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev, Lewis Strauss, Julius Rosenberg

DocumentaryHistory

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

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Cast

Harry S. TrumanLyndon B. JohnsonNikita KhrushchevLewis StraussJulius RosenbergEthel RosenbergPaul TibbetsLloyd Bentsen

Director

Jayne Loader

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